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Present a one-day

CATERING STUDY DAY

held on

TUESDAY, 24TH MARCH 2009

at

CLAYTON PARK CONFERENCE AND LEARNING CENTRE,
Clitheroe Conference Room,
Junction 7 Business Park, Blackburn Road,
Clayton le Moors, Accrington, BB5 5JW

An exciting and informative day for Catering Managers, Supervisors and Chefs, covering a wide range of topics including:

• Local Procurement - “Buying Fresh Food On Our Doorstep”
  Speaker from the Government Office for the North West

• “The Blackpool Experience” – Celebrity Chef Nigel Smith working with the NHS, on benefits to patient services

• “Healthy Workforce and Healthy Eating” - Update on the Department of Health initiatives to promote healthy eating in all NHS premises via a National Accreditation Scheme

• “Obesity – How We Can Deliver a Healthier Service”

• Recycling and Sustainability - “Doing our Bit”
  Speaker from the National Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service (NIFES)

• Malnutrition of Our Elderly and Vulnerable Patients - “Are We Making Progress?”

AN EVENT NOT TO BE MISSED!

The cost of attending the conference is £100.00 per person.  This includes attendance at the conference, certificate of attendance, course handouts, coffee/tea on arrival, mid morning coffee/tea, two-course lunch and afternoon tea/coffee. (Unless otherwise requested, invoices for conference payment will be sent out in the new financial year commencing APRIL 2009)

A CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE WILL BE ISSUED TO ALL DELEGATES WHO ATTEND THIS NORTHERN NHS HOTEL SERVICES TRAINING ADVISORY GROUP EVENT

We are expecting this conference to be fully subscribed.  If you wish to attend, please complete and send in as soon as possible.

Programme

8.45am Registration. Coffee and Tea

9.15am WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION

Presenter – ALISON SLATER
(Chair of the Hotel Services TAG)
Assistant Director - Hotel Services,  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

9.30am PUBLIC SECTOR FOOD PROCUREMENT INITIATIVE

Presenter – REBECCA KITCHINGMAN
Food and Rural Affairs Policy Adviser, Government Office for the North West

“Local Procurement – Purchasing Fresh Food On Our Doorstep”

10.15am HEALTHY EATING – TRAINING THE WORKFORCE

Presenter – SUZY HILTON
Dietician – Section Manager Acute, The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

“Obesity – How We Can Deliver a Healthier Service”

11.00am Mid Morning Coffee and Tea

11.45am THE BLACKPOOL EXPERIENCE

Presenter –YVONNE WIDDOWS
Senior Site Services Manager, Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Presenter –NIGEL SMITH
Nigel Smith’s Restaurants

“The Blackpool Experience” The Celebrity Chef and the NHS

12.30pm BUFFET LUNCH served in the Whalley Room

1.30pm THE PENNINE EXPERIENCE

Presenter – PAM STANSFIELD
Trust Head of Catering, The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

“Healthy Workforce and Healthy Eating” – Update on the Department of Health Initiative

2.15pm THE FOOD FOR THOUGHT PROGRAMME

Presenter – PAM COULTHURST
Nutrition Support Team Leader, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Malnutrition of Our Elderly and Vulnerable Patients – “Are We Making Progress?”

3.00pm Afternoon Tea and Coffee

3.15pm SAVING ENERGY IN A CATERING ENVIRONMENT

Presenter–JOHN MULHOLLAND
Director of People Solutions and Training Director, NIFES Consulting Group

4.00pm SUMMARY, FEEDBACK AND CLOSURE         

4.15pm CLOSE OF CONFERENCE

SAFE JOURNEY HOME

Further Information

VENUE:

Clayton Park Conference and Learning Centre,
Clitheroe Conference Room,
Junction 7 Business Park,
Blackburn Road, Clayton-Le-Moors,
Accrington, BB5 5JW

By road – Clayton Park Conference and Learning Centre is located immediately off Junction 7 of the M65.  At the roundabout follow the sign for A6185 Clitheroe onto Dunkenhalgh Way.  Straight through the traffic lights to the Junction 7 Business Park Gatehouse, where staff will give parking directions.  Follow the blue signs directing you left for Conference Centre parking.  The entrance to the Centre is directly opposite to the Junction 7 Gatehouse.
By bus - Local bus services – 2 Accrington/Great Harwood, 152 Preston/Burnley stop outside Junction 7 Business Park.
By train - Nearest railway station is Accrington (approximately 3 miles).

See www.claytonpark.co.uk